I had some kind of serious middle ear infection, so I had to miss from school for 4 days. It makes about 20 absences total (if there wasn't STAR testing, it'd be more). We have a rule that we have to excuse our absences withing 5 days. Right now I don't see any way how can I get this excused, tomorrow it will be 4th day and 5th day will be Saturday and school is closed then. I haven't had a chance to visit doctor. As I understand, my parent needs to agree with everything I do. My mother has been away somewhere with her "boyfriends" like she always is and my father is in Estonia for about a year. If we get about 10 absences (a little bit less, I believe), then I think that we'll fail the class. Is there any kind of possibility for me to finish that class? I am not sure about how strict they are, since I haven't been to the USA for a long time, only a few months and these are my first absences. I hope I can finish the class... my grades are A's and B's and I don't want to fail this class because of some stupid absences. :?